touching

«touching» in Mova's judaism dictionary: putting your hand or another part on something, or being… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, -ing form of touch (touch, touches, touched, touching); adjective (touching); preposition (touching — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) As part of the verb, touching means putting your hand or another part on something, or being in contact: «Stop touching the paint». tree →

2) Touching (adjective) means making you feel sad or kind and warm inside: a touching story. tree →

3) Two things that are touching have no space between them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old English meaning "concerning" or "about," as in "touching the Levites." In the primary lessons: In body safety, children learn about safe and unsafe touching: hugs you want are okay; no one should touch your private parts or make you keep touching a secret — tell a trusted adult; you can say no to touching you do not like. In science, the sense of touch uses skin; objects «touching» transfer heat. In maths, shapes touching share an edge or point. In stories, a touching moment shows love or kindness.

examples

• Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.' (Torah NUM.8.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering. (Torah LEV.5.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites; according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. (Torah NUM.8.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let me sing of my well-beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. (Prophets ISA.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• And as touching the matter which I and thou have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between me and thee for ever.' (Prophets 1SA.20.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness; in that they have forsaken me, and have offered unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands. (Prophets JER.1.16, JPS 1917) tree →
• Stop touching your sister's things. tree →
• Please don't touch — the paint is wet. tree →
• Safe touching includes hugs you want. tree →
• You can say no to touching you don't like. tree →
• It was a touching story about a lost dog. tree →
• The two circles are touching at one point. tree →
• No touching the exhibits in the museum. tree →
• The balloon burst when it was touching the heater. tree →
• ‘Yet what she says sounds very sad and touching.’ tree →

note

Double c-h: touch → touching. «Touched» can also mean moved emotionally: «I was touched by your card». «Touching» as an adjective is about feelings, not hands.

In the corpora

• Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.'
• Let me sing of my well-beloved, a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.
• You should always ask before touching someone's bump.
• A keepsake can be very precious even when it is worth little money, so you should ask before touching it.
• Crime is on the news a lot, but most people live their whole lives without serious crime touching them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «touching» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.